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RAILWAY TRAFFIC
SUBCOMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ROOM - August 27,2001
12:00 P.M.
PRESENT: B. Young, Mayor; S. Shepard, Chairman, W. Mays, M. Williams, members,
J. Wall, Attorney, G. Ko1b, Administrator, D. Devlin, Norfolk Southern RR, G. Powell,
Sheriffs Office, H. Willis, Fire Dept, D. Dlugolenski, EMA, J. Huffstetler, Traffic
Engineering, L. Bonner, Clerk of Commission.
ABSENT: L. Beard, member.
MEDIA: H. C. Williams, Augusta Chronicle, G. Eskola, Channel 6.
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Mr. Shepard: Mr. Devlin and I had an occasion to be in the audience of certain
members of the judiciary about the Sixth Street traffic. And we've determined basically
that the Hydra Switch that Mr. Williams proposed long ago, which is between tracks four
and five, which Bob Churchill was a little reluctant to put in, has had a change of
corporate heart. This is actually the fifth Hydra Switch that will switch between tracks
one and three. What's happening now is there's just one choice for the NS to come into
their line this will give them two routes into the yard. Mr. Wall we expect the switch to
cost about what the other switches cost which is about $27,000. The source of the
funding; we've put $750,000 for various railroad related improvements into the current
SPLOST which is being collected in the current year so the money would come from
that.
Mr. 'Villiams: I would like to make a motion to approve this.
Mr. Mays: Second.
Mr. Shepard: Mr. Huffstetler for accounting purposes you were saying that we
should set this up as a separate special project within the sales tax.
Mr. Huffstetler: That's right. Once it's approved that's how they'll do it. It will
be set up as a separate project so that it can be opened and then closed.
Mr. Williams: While we're approving the switch we also need to talk about
installing warning devices at the intersections.
Mr. Huffstetler: That has been discussed and approved in the concept plan by the
Commission. The signal there will be similar to the signal at Broad and Greene Streets
that will detect train movement.
Mr. Williams: Do you think the traffic signal will do the job or facilitate what we
need rather than having the gates there?
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Mr. Huffstetler: Yes sir. The traffic signals will do effectively the same thing.
When you have the need for this type of control the traffic signal is the recommended
way to go.
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Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Mays: This maybe something for our next committee to pass on to
Engineering Services. Jim, was there anything that you had on legal about some of the
conditions and the legality of being able to do some things out of Public Works
possibility at some of these rails bad crossings and whether or not we could deal with
that. Say we did it and dealt with a reimbursement later. We have some very serious
crossings spread out about town on some major thoroughfares. There is only the rail
there now. The woods gone and the asphalt's gone.
ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned.
Lena J. Bonner
Clerk of Commission
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